Westward Expansion By John Gast: Manifest Destiny

Alfredo Valdez American Progress Westward expansion from coast to coast was a must, their destiny, as imposed by John Gast. This phenomenon became known as the, “Manifest Destiny.” Gast exposed both pessimistic an irrefutable realities of expanding institutions to the west by illustrating the Native Americans running away in fear as the Americans are approaching. The enormous female figure lights the way for the Americans, for they believed it was their moral acquisition to expand westward, and they would do anything to get it done. This profound idea ultimately lead to the Indian Removal Act, it was widely accepted only by the Americans, they believed there cannot be progress without being tough and to be tough they felt a certain obligation to use any means necessary to achieve their goal. Progress was smooth, railroads began to form allowing people to make their way from the east to …show more content…
This westward expansion was a terrific idea, new and available resources helped develop a trade system, America became a stronger nation, I believe that without this movement America would be diminutive compared to other nations and I strongly believe Gast thought the same , he knew without expanding, America could never be great it can only be average at most, therefore certain actions were done, such as